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The perceptions of mothers and caregivers about the factors affecting low uptake of measles immunisation among children under 5 years in the Nangana District, Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Immunisation is considered to be amongst the most successful and cost-effective disease prevention interventions available. The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in Namibia was established in 1990 to ensure that the ...
A mathematical modeling of optimal vaccination strategies in epidemiology
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
We review a number of compartmental models in epidemiology which leads to a nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations. We focus an SIR, SEIR and SIS epidemic models with and without vaccination. A threshold ...
Expectations and experiences of Hiv vaccine trial participants at the Mbeya Medical Research Programme in Mbeya, Tanzania 2006-2007
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
A qualitative descriptive study approach was used to gather the required information. The sample for this study was drawn from an existing group of volunteers who participated in the vaccine trial at Mbeya Medical Research ...
Mathematical modeling of an epidemic under vaccination in two interacting populations
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
In this dissertation we present the quantitative response of an epidemic of the so-called SIR-type, in a population consisting of a local component and a migrant component. Each component can be divided into three classes, ...
The perceptions, attitudes and health seeking behaviour of nursing students at a university in the Western Cape regarding influenza
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
According to Brown (2010), influenza kills and hospitalises thousands of people every year,
about thirty-five thousand and two hundred thousand respectively. Some studies have shown that
one of the major reasons that ...
A mathematical modeling of optimal vaccination strategies in epidemiology
(2010)
We review a number of compartmental models in epidemiology which leads to a
nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations. We focus an SIR, SEIR and
SIS epidemic models with and without vaccination. A threshold ...